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Rep. Peter King/Sen. James Inhofe (credit: king.house.gov / inhofe.senate.gov)

Rep. King Blasts Okla. Lawmaker For ‘Absolute Hypocrisy’ In Voting Against Sandy Aid

“I’m certainly not going to hold the good people of Oklahoma hostage because they may have some hypocrites in their delegation.”

2013/05/22

Sen. Charles Schumer (file / credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Schumer Calls For Infusion Of $900 Million In Federal Aid To Assist Sandy Recovery

The senator has petitioned the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Management and Budget to boost its disaster reimbursement rate from 75 percent to 90 percent.

2013/05/01

Christie: ‘I Am Not Going To Leave This Job Unfinished’

Christie’s warm embrace of Obama after the storm angered some Republicans, who said it helped tip a close presidential election to the Democrat and away from Mitt Romney.

2013/04/29

Damage caused by Sandy at the South Ferry station (credit: MTA New York City Transit / David Henly)

$1.4 Billion In Federal Aid Coming For Transit Agencies Hit By Sandy

Federal money has been flowing into the New York Metro area to help transit agencies hit hard by Superstorm Sandy.

2013/03/30

NJ TRANSIT Sandy Damage - Meadows Maintenance Complex - Car Shop

NJ TRANSIT Approves $17 Million To Continue Post-Sandy Repairs

NJ TRANSIT on Wednesday approved $17 million in contracts for companies that are already involved in post-Superstorm Sandy repair work.

2013/03/13

Queens Midtown Tunnel Flooding (credit: MTA)

MTA To Get $200 Million In Federal Sandy Aid

More than half of the funding – $141.6 million – will go towards the MTA’s New York City Transit operations that were badly damaged in the Oct. 29 storm.

2013/03/07

Sandy's destruction at Seaside Heights as seen from Chopper 880 - Oct. 31, 2013 (credit: Tom Kaminski / WCBS 880)

Report: Sandy Was Second-Costliest Hurricane In History, Winds Felt As Far As Wisconsin

A National Hurricane Center report detailed how Superstorm Sandy not only caused destruction up and down the East Coast,buit also created wind gusts as far west as Wisconsin and as far north as Canada.

2013/02/12

Governor Chris Christie, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Mayor Dina Long walk down Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright, N.J. Feb. 7, 2013. (Governor's Office/Tim Larsen)

HUD Secretary Discusses Ways To Cut Sandy Red Tape, Meets With Gov. Christie

As the federal government releases its first batches of aid for recovery from superstorm Sandy, Shaun Donovan, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has been visiting some of the areas hardest hit.

2013/02/07

FILE - A seriously damaged home is seen in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island on November 3, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Staten Island Resident: Devastation From Sandy Turned Into ‘Loss Of The American Dream’

Pedro Correa has been living in a rental but said he really can’t start over unless or until the government buys him out.

2013/02/05

Truck building temporary sand mounds on the beach in Sea Girt, N.J. (credit: CBS 2)

Federal Sandy Aid To Fund Dredging, Beach Replenishment On Long Island’s South Shore

Officials have called the dredging project a win-win that will help get beaches on Long Island ready for the upcoming summer season.

2013/02/04

Destroyed house in New Dorp Beach Jan. 13, 2013 (credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

Locals Fear Federal Sandy Aid Battle In Congress

Congress was scheduled to vote on a $51 billion federal storm aid package. But objections to so-called pork making its way into the original measure have led House Republicans to draft their own $17 billion package.

2013/01/13

A truck drives down a flooded street after water levels lowered October 30, 2012 in Little Ferry, New Jersey. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama Signs First Round Of Federal Sandy Aid Into Law

The law give the Federal Emergency Management Agency increased borrowing power. The agency said it was poised to run out of money if Congress had not acted.

2013/01/06

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (file/Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Christie: New Jersey’s Share Of Federal Aid Would Be Enough To Rebuild

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that the state’s share of New Jersey’s share of $60.4 million in proposed federal aid would be sufficient to cover rebuilding costs after Superstorm Sandy.

2012/12/10

Superstorm Sandy Victims: Federal Aid Can’t Come Fast Enough

Superstorm Sandy victims had their sights Saturday on Washington, D.C., hoping to avoid political gridlock as they work to get the money needed to recover from the storm.

2012/12/08

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (file / credit: Governor's Office)

Gov. Cuomo Meets With Congressional Leaders, Lobbies For Federal Disaster Funds

Govs. Cuomo, Christie and Malloy are teaming up in a regional effort to land nearly $83 billion in federal aid. Christie is expected to be in Washington on Thursday to press for aid, Cuomo said.

2012/12/03

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